Block-mold.



H. BRESSER.

BLOUK MOLD. APPLIGATION funn un 1a. 190s.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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HENRY BRESSE, Ol? TOLDO, OHIO.

BLOCK-MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, loos.

Application Bled May 13, 1908. Serial No. 432.624.

To ati? 'whom it may concern:

15e it known that` I, Henin' Bnnssnii, a citizen of tlieUnited States. and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State invented a new and uiproved Block-Mold, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact, description.

This invention relates to ornarneiital block molds, and is intended especially to be used i i-ii 'forming the markers employed in graveyards for indicating tliedivision of the lots, the position ot walks, etc. While the invention is particularly adapted 'for this purpose, it capable of general use where locks are to he molded, l'iaving inscriptions oi' characters :in the faces thereof.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to he more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth iii the claims.

Reference. is to be had to the accompany,- innr drawings forming` a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate correspondinnr parts in all the figures.

'Figure l is a plan showing a finished block and the manner in which it is used divisions of parts of tht` lot, and so on; Fign is a plan showing; the inner face of the cap or cover ot the mold; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section through the mold, and showing thc saine lilled with composition or cement in thc molding operation, this view particularly illustratingr the means for retaining the letters or characters in the cover which are to impress the face ot the block: and Fig. t is a top plan view ot' a` portion ot the cover ot' the mold. and illustrating further the incans For holding the letters or characters on the cover, which. are to be vimpressed in the hloclt. i

Referring more particularly to the iparts, l represents the holly or box of a. inold,

which is ot' rectangular or squareY fm1-ni. as shown. This box is partly filled witl coin- 4'niilar material.

position Q ot' cement, or

which. while in a which is to forni the iilock. plastic state. is impressed by the carrying the type 4. This cover horizontal cross section oi thc hox so that it may scat .in the. box `in such a way that. it may hc supported on the. composition within the hox. 0n its under tace the covei` or cap 3 is formed with downwardly projecting; lips 5 which are, rounded, as shown, so as B tits the,

. plates 'll are attached respectively,

cover 3.

'io produce a rounded upper edgey for the liiiislied bloeit. as will he readily understood. 'ilu the under 'tace ot' the cap or cover 3, two ribs t yand i are vformed at right angles to cach other. the ribs 7 being parallel witii the direction ot' the reading lines ot' the type. rl`he rib' ti meets the rib i' near the middle point thereof, and these ribs are of V-form, as indicated in Fig. 3.

rl`he coaer 3 is provided with a plurality of openings' S, which are disposed a. slightdistance apart according to the spacing o thc type used. The-se openings S are. preferably elongated vertically, that is, lon tiidinally ot each type or figure, and t e ends are rounded so that the openings inay be considered as of oval'forni. ln these openings, letter blocks t) are received in the manner indicated in Fig. Jr. These hlm-ks are ot' oblongY :'i'orin so as to tit the openings which receive them, and they :iro provided at opposite points on their side faces, with recesses or sniali grooves 1t), which assist in retainingr the letter blocks when placed in position. ln order to further retain the. letter blocks. between the openings S pockets` ll are formed in the rear or upper face of the cover. 'lhe sides oli these pockets have deep notches or recesses t9., which communicate with the openings, as will bc' readily understood. and in this way. :iii upwardly projecting` post. 13 'is formed in each pocket. (in the upper ends of these post-i 13, spring by screws lo. as indicated. These spring plates 14 extend downwardly at their edges and are 'formed with rounded beads or nibs 16, which project slightly into the openings 8.

These veads or iiihs 1G i-oiistitute shoes which are adapted to he engaged in the grooves l0 in the sides ol' tht` letter blocks so as to retain the blocks when they are rshoved into the cover 'troni the forward or urdcr lside. thercot'. When the. letter blocks arc in position in thi` cover as descrihcd, their lower l'ares :irc lhish with the lower 'faces of thc cover, and this is a necessary arriine'enieiity in order to insure that the laces ot' the molded block between they type will remain smooth and unbroken. The type ft are attached to the Linder faces of the letter blocks and project beyond thc edges of tho openings tl so that they extend under the towel' l'accs of the cover 3. From this arrangement it. will lic evident. that when pressure. is brought upon the cover to impro-:is

ormed of V-shaped ri whic cut into the face of the mold and im rees it very readily. In practice, in ad- "-dition to the ribs 6 and 7 which indicate the lines of divisions of the lots, the 'cover may have permanently attached type such as the' type 17 It is oni necessary that the i 'part of the inscription w ich is to be chan t shall have the` arra l ent described or securing the type on t e cover. In this way the same cover may be used for molding the diierent blocks which are used in all the partsof the cemetery.

the block is indicated The manner of iisiiig in Fig. 1, wherelit will be seen that the rib 7 indicates the line ot the walk vor the "main division line of the lots, while the rib 6 will point out the lposition of the dividing line between two adjacent lots. Attention is called to the fact. that on account of the arrangement. for mounting the type on the cover the retaining spring plates are rev'lieved of all pressure, that is, the pressure .which impresses the type into the face of the block Jis not received by the ty throughtlie retainin means, but directly rom the c er.

`It`vvil be evident that while the mo is ce scribed, it may nressing cover with'openings therein, letter j blocks receivedin said lope adapted to be inserted from the fronten ha their faces flush with the inner face of sai cover, resilient retaining means for said` letter blocks, and ty attached to said letter blocks and projecting beyond the edge of said openings to receive the pressre from Quid cover. r

2.4 A plastic block mold having a cover [with a plurality of o enings therein letter blocks received in .sai openifgs and having type on .the lowerfaces thereof projectin beyond 4the edges of 'said opening?, and resilient retaining devices carried y said cover and en a said letter blocks.

3. plastic locltmold, a cover with a pluralxt of openings therein, letter blocks receive in said o enings, type carried by the under faces o said blocks and receiving .pressure ydirectly'from-said cover, and retaining ldevices attached to said cover Iengaging the side faces of said blocks and retainingthe same. y

4. A lastic block mold having a cover iapart, pockets formed between said o enings, spring lates fastened in said oc ets and havin s oes projecting in sai openings, and etter blocks fitting in said openings and en a ingl said shoes to be retained thereby, 'sai etter Vblocks having type on the lower faces thereof. f 4In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.` i 4 HENRY BRESSER.

Witnesses:

GILBERT Humors,-

Gno. J. WIDEMAN.

with a p urality of openings therein, spaced 

